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NHS 'should consider giving statins to healthy people'

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  • #2
    Zamboni
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    *buys Pfizer shares*


  • #3
    meijin
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    But what we've actually learned is that, whatever your level of cholesterol, reducing it further is beneficial.
    :rolleyes:


  • #4
    MrPain
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    Almost all animal in the wild and their natural habitats have total cholesterol levels at ~100mg/dL which is just under 3 mmol/L.
    The current guidelines for humans is to aim to have total cholesterol below 5mmol/L. I believe this value is based more on percentiles of the population more than on what is normal.
    I feel the target cholesterol levels need to be lowered, which would in turn result in more people on statins.
    But I don't think they should be given to everyone as If I recall correctly I read a study which associated extremely low levels of chlesterol with high levels of mortality.
    These isn't getting started on the side effects of statins such as myopathy or hepatotoxicity which effects ~0.5% of patients.


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